(!) Update, as of 2008, these campaigns are no longer downloadable from FilePlanet. But you can got them all together via gog.com.
Heroes Chronicles Free Campaigns
These two downloadable campaigns were originally offered on the 3DO website for customers who have at least a certain number of the Heroes™ Chronicles games installed on their computer. Read the instructions below carefully to learn more and to download the files from FilePlanet. To get Game
- "The World Tree," simply purchase any TWO of the four Heroes™ Chronicles games at your favorite retailer and install them on your computer. To get Game
- "The Fiery Moon," simply purchase any THREE of the four Heroes™ Chronicles games at your favorite retailer and install them. Have at least 30 MB of available hard disk space for The World Tree and 60 MB available for both The World Tree and The Fiery Moon.
The official download deadline has passed, but we're leaving these files up for an indeterminate time as a courtesy to the community. Note that these campaigns are compatible with the US Domestic versions of Chronicles only.
The World Tree - The World Tree is the essence of life, spreading its vitality to all living things. Although barbarians imagine it to be a real tree, the World Tree can be more accurately depicted as the 'living earth', the entire planet. Normally, the Ancestors protect it from harm, but a cry for help cut suddenly short warns Tarnum that the entire world is in danger. He soon discovers that one of the Ancestors, Vorr, has gone insane and seeks to destroy the World Tree. Vorr has enlisted the help of the Necromancers --who despise all life -- as well as a remote Barbarian tribe, who worship him as a war god, to carry out the destruction of the World Tree. So, once again Tarnum must lead the creatures of the Stronghold town to a distant northern mountain range to battle Vorr and his minions.
- Click on the wrldtree.exe link below to download the program to your computer. If your Web browser asks you where you want to save the file, save it to your Windows desktop (C:windowsdesktop).
- Once the file has been saved to your desktop, double-click it. The World Tree setup will automatically launch. Follow the on-screen instructions when prompted during the installation.
- Insert any Heroes Chronicles game CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the Autoplay screen appears, click Exit.
- Finally, go to your Start menu, select Programs | 3DO | Heroes Chronicles | The World Tree | Heroes Chronicles The World Tree to launch the game.
- Please Note: Two of the four Heroes Chronicles must be installed before downloading this file. (The Fiery Moon does not count as one of these two games.)
The Fiery Moon Although Tarnum managed to save the World Tree, the Insane Ancestor, Vorr, escaped. And the silence of the other Ancestors still worries Tarnum. Have they forsaken him, or is it something far worse? Even as the Immortal Hero sets out to find Vorr, a new enemy appears to stand in his way -- Demons. Soon, Tarnum travels through a magical portal to the homeworld of the Demons -- the Fiery Moon -- and learns that Vorr has teamed up with these chaotic creatures. Not only that, but he's imprisoned the other Ancestors here as well. Tarnum must rescue them first, but once they are safe he plans to destroy Vorr forever, even if it costs him his soul.
- Click on the fierymoon.exe link below to download the program to your computer. If your Web browser asks you where you want to save the file, save it to your Windows desktop (C:windowsdesktop).
- Once the file has been saved to your desktop, double-click it. The Fiery Moon setup will automatically launch. Follow the on-screen instructions when prompted during the installation.
- Insert any Heroes Chronicles game CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the Autoplay screen appears, click Exit.
- Finally, go to your Start menu, select Programs | 3DO | Heroes Chronicles | The Fiery Moon | Heroes Chronicles The Fiery Moon to launch the game.
- Please Note: Three of the four Heroes Chronicles games must be installed before downloading this file. (The World Tree does not count as one of these three games.)